# Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève

48°48′13″N 2°09′19″E﻿ / ﻿48.80361°N 2.15528°E﻿ / 48.80361; 2.15528
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève (French pronunciation:) is a higher education institution located in France, Established in 1854, it is a private lycée, located in Versailles, providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. It was founded by the Jesuits in Paris. It is often nicknamed Ginette and sometimes BJ, standing for Boite à Jèzes (Box of Jesuits).

## Academics

Ginette provides PC/PC*, MP/MP*, PT/PT*, PSI*, ECG and BCPST classes.

## Notable alumni
### Military

* Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), Marshal of France
* Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952), Marshal of France
* Antoine Béthouart (1889–1982), Compagnon de la Libération
* Henry de Bournazel (1898–1933)
* Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves (1901–1941), Compagnon de la Libération
* Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902–1947), Compagnon de la Libération and marshal of France (Marshall Leclerc)
* Pierre Segrétain (1909–1950), commander of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion
* Alain de Boissieu (1914–2006), Compagnon de la Libération and Chief of Staff of the French Army
* Tom Morel (1915–1944), Compagnon de la Libération
* Jean-Louis Battet (born 1944), admiral, Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 2001 to 2005
* Édouard Guillaud (born 1953), admiral, Chief of the Defence Staff since 2010

### CEOs

* Étienne Audibert (1888-1954), second CEO of EDF from 1947 to 1949
* Pierre Gadonneix (born 1943), CEO of Gaz de France from 1996 to 2000, then CEO of EDF from 2004 to 2009
* Louis Gallois (born 1944), CEO of SNCF, then CEO of EADS and CEO of Airbus
* Marc Tessier (born 1946), former chairman of France Télévisions
* Jean-Martin Folz (born 1947), former chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën
* Philippe Varin (born 1953), CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën (2009-2014)
* Benoît Potier (born 1957), CEO of Air Liquide
* Édouard Michelin (1963–2006), former CEO of Michelin
* Pierre Simon (1885-1977), first CEO of EDF (1946-1947)
* Tidjane Thiam (born 1962), CEO of Crédit Suisse

### Politicians

* Jean-François Deniau (1928–2007), statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist ; member of the Académie française
* Laurent Touvet (born 1962), conseiller d'État, directeur des libertés publiques et des affaires juridiques au ministère de l'Intérieur
* Valérie Pécresse (born 1967), Minister for Higher Education and Research
* Emmanuelle Mignon (born 1968), civil servant and chief of staff of President Nicolas Sarkozy

### Scientists

* Albert Jacquard (1925–2013), statistician, geneticist
* Xavier Le Pichon (born 1937), geophysicist, professor at Collège de France, member of the Académie des Sciences
* Ivar Ekeland (born 1944), mathematician
* Albert Ducrocq (1921–2001), scientific, journalist and essayist
* Stanislas Dehaene (born 1965), mathematician and cognitivist, professor at Collège de France, member of the Académie des Sciences
* Elyès Jouini (born 1965), economist, member of the Institut universitaire de France

### Others

* Tirso de Olazábal, Count of Arbelaiz (1842-1921), politician
* Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), explorer
* Saint Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), explorer and Catholic religious
* Yves du Manoir (1904–1928), rugby player
* Jean Bastien-Thiry (1927–1963), attempted to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle
* Bernard Fresson (1931–2002), cinema actor
* Philippe Sollers (born 1936), writer
* Patrick Peugeot (born 1937), president of the Cimade
* Bernard Ramanantsoa (born 1948), dean of HEC Paris from 1996 to 2015
* Bernard de Montmorillon (born 1950), dean of Paris Dauphine University from 1999 to 2007
* Mac Lesggy (born 1962), scientific journalist
* Julien Coupat (born 1974), political activist